Fengxiang County Museum

　　Fengxiang County Museum is situated on the western section of Wenhua Road in Fengxiang County, adjacent to the renowned historical site of Duke Mu of Qin’s Tomb. It is a publicly owned scientific-level public institution under the jurisdiction of the Fengxiang County Culture and Tourism Bureau. A Fengxiang County Museum was initially established in 1959 but was disbanded in 1962, after which cultural relic management in the county was overseen by the County Cultural Center. In July 1982, the Yongcheng Cultural Relics Management Office of Fengxiang County was set up, with its office located within the East Lake Garden. In May 1984, the Fengxiang County Museum was established, sharing the same office and staff as the Yongcheng Cultural Relics Management Office under a dual-naming arrangement. In 2001, a new museum building was constructed on Wenhua Road in the county town, and it officially opened to the public in April 2003. The new museum features first-class preservation conditions and comprehensive documentation, and it was the first in Baoji’s county-level museums to achieve standardized management of its cultural relics storage. The museum covers an area of 3,300 square meters, faces south, and has a main building of 887 square meters. This two-story, fully framed antique-style structure houses cultural relics storage, exhibition rooms, a reference room, a technical room, and administrative offices.

　　The museum currently holds a collection of 4,000 cultural relics, including 1,088 first-, second-, and third-grade items. These span from primitive society to the Ming and Qing dynasties and modern times, covering a full range of historical, folk, and revolutionary relics from various eras. In terms of material, the collection includes gold, silver, bronze, iron, pottery, jade, stone, wood, paper, silk, bone artifacts, and more, featuring diverse types and forms. Notably, the most famous relics are those excavated from the Qin capital of Yongcheng during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, which are distinctive to the region. Representative relics include exquisitely patterned roof tiles unearthed from the Yongcheng site, a large number of bronze architectural components used in Qin palaces, a Warring States-era bronze hu with hunting banquet designs, a phoenix-and-ring incense burner from the Spring and Autumn period, an imperial edict from the Ming Dynasty's Tianqi Emperor, and calligraphy couplets by Li Yuanhong—all of which are considered precious cultural treasures. In recent years, over 100 cultural relics have been exhibited in countries such as Japan, South Korea, Italy, France, Germany, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Monaco, receiving positive publicity.

　　The museum’s permanent exhibition is titled “Roots of the Qin People – Historical Traces of Yongcheng.” Covering an exhibition area of 144 square meters, the display is divided into three sections: sites, hoards, and tombs. Through artifacts such as construction materials, ritual vessels, chariot and horse fittings, tools, and burial objects, it comprehensively showcases the history and culture created by the Qin state during its 294-year reign in Yongcheng, as well as the city’s significant role in Qin history.

　　Another major attraction at the museum is the widely renowned Tomb of Duke Mu of Qin. Located in the west courtyard of the museum, the tomb covers an area of over 5,200 square meters. The tomb mound is a square earthen platform about 3 meters high, spanning 2,400 square meters. The mound is covered with lush pines and cypresses. Its west gate displays a stone stele inscribed with “Tomb of Duke Mu of Qin” by Qing Dynasty Governor of Shaanxi, Bi Wan, along with tablets inscribed by other notable figures from different periods.

　　Transportation Guide

　　Location: Western Section of Wenhua Road, Fengxiang County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province

　　Getting There: Take a taxi or walk to Wenhua Road in Fengxiang County